distitibia

The portion of the tibia of an arachnid that is furthest from the body.

Noun

  1. The portion of the tibia of an arachnid that is furthest from the body.
    • Leg I: Tibia with 23 articles and tarsus (basitarsus+distitarsus) with 41 articles. Leg IV (Fig. 13): Basitibia with 4 pseudoarticles and 1 medial trichobothrium on the last article. Distitibia with 3 basal and 15...
    • Well-developed median and lateral eyes; small and rounded meta[-] and mesosternum; large basal spine pedipalp distitarsus (2/3 the distal length); basitibia of leg IV divided in two pseudo articles; trichobothria of...

    Coordinate Terms: basitibia

Origin

From disti- + tibia.

Forms

distitibiae